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Michigan State won't be adding three-star weakside defensive end Koby Cumberlander (Rosewell, Ga.) after national signing day after all.

In an email to the Free Press today, Roswell athletic director John Coen confirmed Cumberlander has verbally committed to play for Iowa Western Community College (Council Bluffs, Iowa) next season.

Cumberlander wishes to transfer to Iowa State upon achieving a qualifying ACT test score to be eligible to play for the Cyclones, Coen said. That could happen before he arrives at Iowa Western this fall.

The Spartans made a late push in December to land Cumberlander (6-foot-2, 240 pounds), who has 21 offers – including four from Power 5 schools in MSU, Iowa State, Kansas State and Virginia Tech.

According to recruiting experts, the Spartans were the favorite to sign Cumberlander, but they were in a two-way battle with the Cyclones.

After receiving an offer in December, Cumberlander visited East Lansing on Jan. 13. He told the Free Press before his visit, "I have always wanted to go to Michigan State. It has been my dream since I was 7-years-old."

MSU assistant Harlon Bennett was Cumberlander's primary recruiter.

Cumberlander's uncle, Kevin Willis, played for the MSU basketball team in the 1980s before becoming a star rebounder for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.

Now it appears Cumberlander, who recorded 88 tackles and 16 sacks his senior season, will head to Ames, Iowa. Iowa State was the last official visit he took on Jan. 27 before national signing day Wednesday.